Housing
Mission Local tracks San Francisco’s housing crisis: who the city builds for, who gets displaced, and what happens to the people left in between.
S.F. supervisor seeks to bar evictions for less than a month’s unpaid rent
Supervisor Jackie Fielder’s legislation is co-sponsored by five supervisors and supported by the mayor
Affordable housing
Future low-income senior housing at 1234 Great Highway still a Motel 6 for now
Preliminary project permits for 1234 Great Highway in the Sunset were resubmitted. But the project is still “on hiatus.”
San Francisco cuts affordable housing requirement from 15% to 5%
The Board of Supervisors voted to reduce the rate after the city controller warned new housing was too difficult to build.
Bernal neighbors welcome Supervisor Fielder at first town hall since her return
Fielder said she’s proposing amendments for the Mission District to a legislation that cuts inclusionary rates across the city.
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood calls hearing on problem-ridden Western Addition housing projects
The hearing resulted from a year of tenant meetings with Mahmood over dangerous housing conditions, violence, and more, he said.
Homelessness
S.F. removes peer counselors from street crisis teams amid pleas to keep them
Peer counselors will come off Street Crisis Response teams this week, replaced by paramedics
There are dozens of empty rooms near 16th and Mission. Why can’t the city use them to house people?
While the city spent over a year trying to address homelessness at the 16th Street BART plaza, many rooms at SROs in the area remained empty.
Q&A: How to get to know your unhoused neighbors, and take on City Hall
“Wood Street,” a documentary directed by Caron Creighton, documents the tumultuous final year of the largest homeless encampment in Oakland.
Planning and inspection
Sam Devdhara is making money at the bottom of S.F.’s housing market
In the world of affordable housing, single-room-occupancy hotels are among the most distressed—and Sam Devdhara knows how to renovate them.
Time’s up at DoubleTime: S.F. halts unpermitted excavation at Mission St. gas station
California gave gas station owners 12 years to replace old tanks. This Mission District station was past due, and digging without permits.
S.F. supervisor to ‘explore’ ballot measure to speed up housing
Bilal Mahmood wants to address the bottlenecks created by having five separate departments involved in issuing building permits
‘Fix this place:’ For residents at Alice Griffith, S.F. settlement brings mixed emotions
$9M settlement will force public housing landlords to pay for major property improvements. Tenants say they’re owed compensation too.
‘It’s called being in prison:’ San Francisco has a broken-elevator problem
About 3,000 buildings in San Francisco have just one elevator. When they break down, it can be hell for senior and disabled residents.
Owner of S.F.’s rodent-infested Alice Griffith housing complex to pay $9M settlement
Mission Local’s reporting helped prompt investigation culminating in $9 million settlement, says City Attorney David Chiu.
YIMBY leaders give Mayor Lurie a B- on housing. Mayor Mamdani? He gets an A-.
San Francisco YIMBY leader describes ‘slowly festering irritation’ with Mayor Daniel Lurie.
Tenderloin apartment fires: How light wells have become an unknown, persistent danger
The Tenderloin has become a hotbed for fires. That persistent danger often starts in building light wells.
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